From the monthly archives: December 2010

If someone is gay and wants to serve in a military rampant with John Waynes and Pattons—they should. That’s courage and determination if I’ve ever seen it.

I’m happy to hear that someone in the US government has seen the light. In fact, the only people that should be banned from the military are, well, […]

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Pro-Intelligent

On December 16, 2010 By

In an earlier post, I had mentioned being anti-stupid.

This was in response to multiple (some harsh and rude) allegations of the site being against freedom of speech. This, to me, is not only comical—but the antithesis of oneword.

Rather than being anti-stupid, I would like to offer a revised, more accurate […]

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Interior Motive

On December 14, 2010 By

Inspiration is a tricky little son of a bitch.

Really. Inspiration’s mother was the daughter of Necessity, the mother of Invention, who was the daughter of Repetition, the mother of Skill (from her first marriage), who was widely known to be a ranting, annoying, bitch.

The more we write, the less we die.

We want […]

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Large Talk

On December 9, 2010 By

Small talk has never been my thing. I can recall many first conversations with people where midway through the conversation they’ll say something to the effect of, “Wait, why am I telling you this?”

My wife’s uncle Jerry and I share this trait. He has no clue what I do for a living or what […]

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Trajectory

On December 2, 2010 By

Sutton Place is arguably the nicest neighborhood in New York City. Three miles West is the corner of St. Nicholas Ave. at 125th St., which is arguably the worst neighborhood* in New York City.

If I had a giant map of the US on my wall and […]

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An Open Letter from oneword.com

On December 2, 2010 By

(via our Facebook page)

We’ve had quite a few people accusing us of being anti-freedom of speech lately. Not the least of which was someone saying “Fuck you” on our Facebook page earlier today.

Really, we’re all for freedom of speech. We’re PRO-freedom of speech. We’re PRO-stream of consciousness. We’re only anti-stupid.

How do we […]

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Characterize This

On December 2, 2010 By

After a certain amount of development, there’s a point in writing in which characters begin to take on a life of their own; begin to write themselves.

Being somewhat of a self-help junkie, or just plain selfish, I asked myself:

What have I done to develop my character?

The reason that fictional characters begin to […]

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